Hazen Criticizes Garlington Over Arctic Tragedy In Report
General Hazen chief of the Signal Service criticizes Lieutenant Garlington for failing to ensure sufficient rations and relief during the Greely Arctic expedition. The annual report defends the Signal Bureau’s role, cites weather warning successes, and calls for full congressional inquiry into the Lady Franklin Bay rescue effort.
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Hazen
Garlington
Washington
Signal Service
General Hazen
Little Island
St. John’s
Greely
St. Johns
Congress of the
Sinton
Arctic
Signal Bureau
A Heavy Robbery at Woonsocket Adams Express Office
The Adams Express Company safe in Woonsocket Rhode Island was burglarized Tuesday night. Bonds coupons checks notes and cash totaling sixteen thousand dollars were stolen. The safe remained closed and locked but opened with a stolen key. Wrappers lay on the door and one package worth 250 remained undisturbed. Payment on the 4000 dollars of checks and notes has been stopped. The incident involved local agent Winkding Balcom and the Woonsocket Savings Institution funds.
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Adams Express Company
Woonsocket
R.1
Woonsporrt
R. 1
Woonsocket Savings Institution
Tipves
Winkding
Balcom
Tuesaday
Splicing the Great Cable Completes Major Undersea Link
The article reports the final splice of the commercial cable connecting Canzo Nova Scotia to Waters Eraland, uniting two nearly seven thousand mile long lines. It notes the duexed system via Muirhead gates and mentions Wiliah Thompson's siphon recorder improving transmission.
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Ato
New Yong
George At
Taradayyeatendast
Cites
Ward
Apa
Canzo
Nova Scotia
Waters
Eraland
Muirhead
Wiliah Thompson
Governor Cleveland Attacked in Albany by Denied Pardons Brother-in-Law
Governor Cleveland was assaulted on Eagle Street by Samuel Boone, who sought a pardon for his brother-in-law Byron Fairbanks. The attack ended without serious injury after Dr. George H. Houghton restrained Boone. Boone and his wife had repeatedly pressed for clemency, facing strong opposition from local authorities and the district attorney.
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New York
Albany
N. Y
Cleveland
Eagle Street
Executive Mansion
Capitol
Medical College
Samuel Boone
Lancaster Street
George H. Houghton
Elmira
Boone
Hmi
Byron Fairbanks
Auburn Prison
Hopkins
Staunchfield
Chemung County
Dexter
Boardman Smith
Supreme Court
Hoe
Hes
Ife
Destructive Carthage Fire Destroys Town and Mills
A major blaze in Carthage New York began at Russtel's tannery and razed two hundred buildings including Eaton's planing mills and several factories. The fire, fed by strong winds, destroyed churches schools and the new opera house, with estimates placing losses near ten million dollars and most of the town's housing turned to ruins. Fire brigades from nearby towns aided in containment but much of Main Street and surrounding blocks were left blackened.
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Carthage
N. Y
Cecentine Pang
Fa Db
Animes
Spring Street
Mechanics Street
Church Street
Opera House
Peck’s Hotel
Disciple’s Church
Academy
Sonetier
Clinton
Etree Street
Boonville
Seagate
Illinois Crime and Industrial News From Rock Island to Chicago
Illinois dispatches report injuries at Rock Island saw factory and a self inflicted cut at Rockford.fatalities from accidents near Winchester and White County. Bankruptcies and shipyard incidents appear around Chicago. A murder trial verdict at Edwardsville returns a death sentence. A jail suicide closes the long Illinois case.
Cultivating Youthful Virtues and the Power of Love
A reflective essay argues that youthfulness of heart requires unworldliness affectionateness and purity of heart. Worldliness dims spirit dulls beauty and robs love of vitality. The piece links personal virtue to enduring happiness and cites quotes and observations about aging families mothers and the perils of selfish ambition. It closes with a note on military officers ages and ranks from St Louis Morning Democrat.
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Webster
Age in the Army shows oldest officers by rank
The article lists the oldest officers in the army. Captain ponies of the Twenty Bret -pnfantryy is 65, Lieutenant arnard of the Fifth Cavalry is 64, Lieutenant F C Nichols of the First Artillery is 61, Major Edward Coas of the Fifth Infantry is 60, Breveteen Joseph N G Whistlerson of the Fifth Infantry is 62, and General H J unt, senior Colonel of artillery, is noted with years.
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Gilbert
Seventeenth Infantry
John P. Hatch
Second Cavalry
Iears
Cavalry
Ajor
Schofield
Pope
Hancock
Mackenzie
Miles
Europe
England
Angier
Isnyres
Merritt
Infantry
Pennypacker
Army
J. M. Whittemore
Ordnance
Morrow
Sixth Cavalry
S. KE. Tillman
West Point
Corps of Engineers
Artillery
Senet
Drum
Crane
Rochesor
Maceeleyara
W. S. Harney
St. Joans
St Lows
Ponies
Joseph N. G. Whistlerson
Countersign Mystery Among First Regiment Pickets
In Santa Rosa during a First Regiment camping, pickets struggled to curb men absenteeing without leave. A hot evening saw a private stagger toward the guard with a watermelon under each arm, prompting a lighthearted exchange about the proper countersign and a near-miss in discipline.
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Santa Rosa
Yoni
San Francescu Post
Bridge Across Messina Straits Proposed in Turin Plans
Exhibition drawings by Navara and Pino Railway directors outline a double rail bridge crossing the Messina Strait. The widest section is about 0.5 miles with shallow depth, supporting granite piers and towers. The bridge would rise 190 feet above water, carry two tracks and road traffic, and imitate construction similar to the Mississippi bridge.
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Turin
Navara and Pino Railway
Straits of Messina
Cap del Pozzo
Uvingladé hArbad
Gop Et Ieevil Beef
Mississppia
Oass
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McLean
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Manomines Township
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Davies & Atkinson
Ann Torry
Otterville
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John W. Harrison
St. Louis
Carbondaly Coal & Coke Company
Jackson County
Moline
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Dr. R. Hitt
William Henry Felix
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Edwardsville
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